Let’s use a gentle compression curve in the Dynamics plug-in, and select the external side chain, since we want to use a side chain signal (kick track) to trigger the compression: Setting up compression and external side chain in the Dynamics plug-inĪt this point nothing happens, since side chain routing has not been setup in Pro Tools. Just click on the slot and load the VST (or AU) plug-in: Blue Cat’s Dynamics (AU or VST) inserted into Blue Cat’s PatchWork.
Setup the compression plug-in inside PatchWorkįor this example we’ll use the Blue Cat’s Dynamics 4 plug-in, inserted in one of the parallel chains. To do this, we’ll insert the PatchWork plug-in on the synth track, and create a send on the kick drum track (to bus 1-2): Create send from kick to bus 1-2 (will be used as a side chain source for the compressor hosted in PatchWork) Let’s say for example that we want to use the kick drum track to drive side chain compression on a synth track (to create this famous pumping effect). In this tutorial we’ ll show how to use the external side chain input with Pro Tools to feed a sub-plug-in hosted inside PatchWork with the side chain signal.
Starting with version 1.7, Blue Cat’s PatchWork supports external side chain with most DAWs.
